references to Shulman, while bracketing him with "the kosher butchers — Herbert Kretzmer, Bernard Levin and David Nathan". Shulman took great offence, as reported in The Times newspaper diary of 21 September 1994: "Solicitors are trying to hammer out a deal to prevent court action against Nick Hern, the small publisher of the offending work. "I thought the comments were in the spirit of the book,' pleads Coveney. 'I rather regret that Milton, of whom I am actually rather fond, didn't take them in that spirit.' Shulman is tight-lipped, 'There are negotiations going on at the moment. I have not issued a writ for libel.'" The outcome was that the book was withdrawn from circulation but, according to Coveney speaking in October 2007, by then most of the copies had been sold. Family Shulman married his first wife Joyce in Toronto in 1943, two months before he embarked on a troopship for England, and never saw her again. They were divorced in 1948. He first met journalist Drusilla Beyfus in 1951: "I had for months been meeting Drusilla in cocktail bars and restaurants. She was the most decorative aspect of the Daily Express, where her elegant figure, piquant face and ever-smiling personality were in constant demand by feature writers and columnists." After a long courtship, interrupted by her sojourn in America as an author and freelance writer, they married at Caxton Hall on 6 June 1956. There are three children of the marriage: Alexandra Shulman (born 1957), Nicola Shulman (born 1960) and Jason Shulman. The family moved to Belgravia for some years after the birth of the children. He described his family as less a journalistic dynasty than "an epidemic". He died in London, aged 90. His son Jason used some of his ashes in an artwork of stratified, magnetized, color-coded layers; this was shown in 2006 at the Madder Rose gallery near London's Old Street. References Marilyn, Hitler and Me: The Memoirs of Milton Shulman, André Deutsch, London (1998) Publications Defeat in the West, (1947, online) How to be a Celebrity with caractures by Vicky, (1950) External links Guardian obituary 1913 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian Army personnel of World War II Canadian emigrants to England Canadian film critics Canadian male non-fiction writers Canadian military historians Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Canadian theatre critics Jewish Canadian journalists London Evening Standard people Writers from